Litigation
Jul. 10, 2013
California lawyer sues to stop force feeding of Guantanamo Bay detainees
A U.S. District Judge denies one appeal, but urged President Barack Obama to halt the practice.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A California lawyer is suing President Barack Obama seeking to halt the force-feeding of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
Jon Eisenberg, of counsel with Horvitz & Levy LLP, is representing four detainees who are among dozens of prisoners refusing to eat in an effort to protest their indefinite detention at the Cuba-based facility. Eisenberg, who is independently pursuing the litigation pro bono, is tea...
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